On September 2, 1957, Mrs. Peter Beck makes up a bed in one of the two dormitories at Cheam School which Prince Charles may sleep in when he starts as a pupil. – Vintage Photograph

On September 2nd, 1957, Mrs. Peter Beck, wife of one of the headmasters at Cheam School, was seen making up a bed in one of the two dormitories which eight-year-old Prince Charles may use when he starts as a pupil on September 23rd. The beds in the dormitory are 200 years old and have wooden boards as the base for a hard flock mattress, with no springs. Cheam School, located in the Hampshire hills at the village of Headley on the borders of Berkshire, is where the Duke of Edinburgh was once a pupil.On September 2nd, 1957, Mrs. Peter Beck, wife of one of the headmasters at Cheam School, was seen making up a bed in one of the two dormitories which eight-year-old Prince Charles may use when he starts as a pupil on September 23rd. The beds in the dormitory are 200 years old and have wooden boards as the base for a hard flock mattress, with no springs. Cheam School, located in the Hampshire hills at the village of Headley on the borders of Berkshire, is where the Duke of Edinburgh was once a pupil.

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F3 SEP 1957 PRINCE CHARLES MAY SLEEP HERE September 2nd 1957 PAR 65877-4 (P-R) PRINCE CHARLES MAY SLEEP HERE When eight-year-old PRINCE CHARLES becomes a pupil at Cheam School on September 23 he will sleep in either of two dormitories. One of them is pictured to-day (Monday), with MRS. PETER BECK, wife of one of the school’s two headmasters, making up a bed. The wooden beds in this dormitory are 200 years old. Wooden boards (as shown on the bed in foreground) form the base for a hard flock mattress. There are no springs. The boys are roused by a bell at 7.15 a.m. Lessons start at 9 a.m. The school (of which the Duke of Edinburgh was once a pupil) is situated in the Hampshire hills at the village of Headley, on the borders of Berkshire. September 2nd 1957 PAR 65877-4 (P-R) CA ER